Rules of Backgammon

Backgammon is a game for 2 players, which is played on a board consisting of 24 narrow triangles called "points." These triangles alternate in color and are grouped into 4 quadrants formed by 6 triangles each. These quadrants are called "player's board," outer board, "board of the opponent" and "opponent's outer board." The "board of the players" and "outside boards" are separated by a border which is known as "bar."

The "points are numbered for each player. Starting from the "board player," the "tip" that is furthest from the player will have the number 24, which corresponds to the same time the number one opponent. Each player has 15 checkers of one color and a pair of dice. There is also a known as "dubbing", which is numbered by the values ​​2, 4, 8, 16, 32 and 64. This die is used for registering bets. The purpose of the game of backgammon is to try to move all the chips to reach the "board of player" and get them out of it. The user who successfully remove all their pieces wins the game.

A user removes one chip board to roll the dice out the number of "tips" on which the tab is. As an example we can say that if you take 5 on the dice, you can take a tab of the "top" 5. In this entertainment is played for money by a point agreed upon. Each play starts at one point. In the game, you think that has much more advantage than his opponent may propose doubling the amount bet. This can be made only at the start of their shift and prior to rolling the dice.

His opponent may decline, which leads to losing the game and have to pay the point. In case of accepting double the bet, is continued playing for twice the amount of bets is indicated by the dice "dubbing" the new point. Now only our opponent may double the bet. There is no limit to intensify in a game of backgammon. There are also rules that are applied if both players agree. These rules are called optional rules.